2022 in Costa Rica
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Events in the year 2022 in Costa Rica.
Incumbents
- President: Rodrigo Chaves Robles
- First Vice President: Stephan Brunner
- Second Vice President: Mary Munive
Events
- Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Costa Rica
- February 6 – 2022 Costa Rican general election[1]
- February 10 – Costa Rican president Carlos Alvarado Quesada tests positive for COVID-19.[2]
- April 3 – Rodrigo Chaves Robles is elected President of Costa Rica after voters in Costa Rica head to the polls to vote in the second round.[3]
- April 7 – A cargo plane breaks into two parts after making an emergency landing at the Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, Costa Rica. No one is injured.[4]
- May 31 – A major cyberattack hits the Costa Rican Social Security Fund, forcing the ministry to shut down its digital database and endangering the country's healthcare system.[5]
- June 30 – Hurricane watches are issued for Nicaragua and Costa Rica as Potential Tropical Cyclone Two is expected to form into Tropical Storm Bonnie in the coming hours.[6]
- July 2 – Atlantic basin to the Pacific basin, becoming the first storm to do so since Hurricane Otto in 2016. One person is reported missing in Trinidad and Tobago.[7]
- July 8 – Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles says that his country will apply to join the Pacific Alliance.[8]
Deaths
- January 4 – Javier Astúa, 53, footballer.[9]
- August 20 – Román Solís Zelaya, 68, jurist.[10]
- November 15 – José León Sánchez, 93, novelist.[11]
- December 22 – Julieta Pinto, 101, educator and writer.[12]
See also
References
- ^ "Costa Rica votes in presidential election with no clear favourite". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ "Costa Rican president tests positive for COVID-19". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Oré, Diego; Murillo, Alvaro; Oré, Diego (2022-04-04). "Costa Rica elects maverick Chaves as president in break with establishment". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Murillo, Alvaro (2022-04-08). "Costa Rica airport reopens after DHL plane skids off runway in emergency landing". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Murillo, Alvaro (2022-05-31). "Latest cyberattack in Costa Rica targets hospital system". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Andrew Dockery. "FIRST ALERT: Hurricane Watch issued for Central America, Bonnie expected to form Thursday". www.wmbfnews.com. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ "Tropical Storm BONNIE". www.nhc.noaa.gov. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ "Costa Rica's Chaves launches Pacific Alliance trade push". TODAY. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ Castillo, Luis Felipe (2022-01-04). "Fallece recordado exjugador del fútbol nacional: Javier Astúa Araya". AMPrensa.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ "Muere el magistrado Román Solís Zelaya a sus 68 años". www.larepublica.net (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ "Falleció el escritor costarricense José León Sánchez". Diario Digital Nuestro País (in Spanish). 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2023-01-19.
- ^ "Muere Julieta Pinto, escritora costarricense, a los 101 años". La Nación (in Spanish). 22 December 2022. Retrieved 2023-01-19.